Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-28
THE COURTS.
DISTRICT COURT.

Isaac Davis, the colored boy who stole
pair Of pants came into court yesterday fore
noon, plead guilty to The charge Of petit
larcency and was sentenced by Judge Wall
to fifteen days in the county jail.
City VS.. Stiles for running an intelligence
office without having license; a case ap-
pealed from the police court was yesterday
dismissed
City vs.. Co.'S was another case appealed
from the police court; the defendant was
charged with keeping house of prostitution.
4 Judgment OF S25 and costs was assessed
against him.
The case of Jack True, the colored man
charged with murder, was then taken up,
and the following jury impannelled: J. NJ.
Boyd, ]. C. Robb, J. ". Rice, J. B. Aus
mus, E. F. Brink, Martin Tapp, o. F.
Fayre, Jno. Small, Q. Il. Allen, II. II.
Bruce, c. II. Benton, j. W. Hinton.
Messrs. Gordon s. Coffin appears for the de-
PENDANT and Prosecutor Jones for the state
The following is the information filed by
County Attorney Jones in the case.
| In the district of Sedgwick county, Kansas
The State of Kansas, Plaintiff, VS.. Jack
| True. observation-disclosures of
| Kansas, Sedgwick county, IS.
| In the name and by the authority in me
vested by law, |, G. W c.. Jones, county at
torney Of sedgwick county, Kansas, and
duly empowered TO give information of Of
| lenses committed in said county and state,
| come now here in the district court sitting
in and for the county of Sedwick and
the state Of Kansas, and give
the court to understand and be III,
| formed that at and within the county OF
Sedgwick and the state Of Kansas. on the
| 10th of july, 1887, one Jack True did then
and there, in and upon one William Price, OF
Sedgwick county, Kansas, then aud there
being. did then and there unlawfuliy, feloni-
ously and willfully, deliberately, preuedi-
tatedly and of his malice aforethought, MAKE
an assault; and that he. the said Jack True,
with a certain large stick, or other deadly
instrument to me unknown, which he, the said
lack True. in his hand then and
there had and held, he, the said
William Price then and there unlawfully
feloniously, willfullg, deliberately, premedi
tatedly, aud of his malice aforethought, div
ers times, did strike, aud beat, giving to hin
the said William Price then and there, by
striking and beating of him, the said Viii
liam Price as aforesaid, with the aforesaid
stick or other deadly instrument to me I'M
known, in and upon the head of the said Viii
liam Price, did then ard there, unlawfully
feloniously, wilIfully, deliberately, preme IL
tatedly, and of has malice aforethough
inlict one mortal bTuIse, and the said Jacl
True did then and there, the said Viii ian
Price being then and there helpless and I'm
cons cious from the wound afore said inflicted
as afort said by the stick or other deadly in
strurnent to me unknown as aforesaid in the
hands of the said Jack True then an there
held, as aforesaid the said Jack True did ther
and there the said William Price carry anc
drag along q distance OF abou
twenty feet the ,,n exact Instance snd dir i
then and there unlawfully, feloniously, will
fully, deliberately, premeditatedly and of hi
malice aforethought throw the said William
Price there bruised and unconscious, a.
aforesaid, into the waters of Chisholm creek
a stream of water running In and through
Sedgwick county, Kansas; and the sale
William Price, by means OF the morta
bruise inflicted as aforesaid by he, said Jscl
frue, and being then and there unconsciou;
as aforesaid, and being then and there
thrown into the waters OF CHS
holm creek as aforesaid, did drown
and so drowning did die on the 10th day O
July, 1887, and so do give the said court t.
understand and be informed that the sale
Jack True be the said William Price, in man
ner and form as afors said unlawfully, felon
iously, wilfully, deliberately, premeditated
" and of malice aforethOught did kill ant
murder contrary to the statutes of Kansas
in such case made and provided.
5. G. w. G. JONES, County Atty.
Seventeen witnesses have already beel
subpoenaed by the state and goodly mum
Der by the defense. The taking OF the testi
mony will commence this forenoon.
i POLICE COURT.
Chas. Brown and James Mcdonald, tw
newsboys, were riding very fast night befor
last to the depot. The police cons idered sucl
speed greater than could be allowed and ar
rested both. Brown paid 81 with costs and
Mcdonald 50 with costs.
Albert Kuukle was another "vagrant,
who left $50 aud costs for enrichment of tn
city.
Matthew Quinn, evidently one of his Gu:
toners, will spend the next Il days at tn
rock pile in the resr of the city building.
John Smith turned in the usual fine in
posed for peddling without license.